Glial cells

glial cells Nonconducting cells that serve as support cells in the nervous system and help to protect neurons.
glomerulus A tangle of capillaries that makes up part of the nephron; the site of ?ltration.
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glial cells: the cells of the nervous system that support, protect, and nourish the neurons.
glomerulus: a ball of capillaries that comprises Bowman's capsule in the human kidney.
glottis: a slitlike structure at the opening to the mammalian trachea.
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Glial cells surround neurons. Once thought to be simply support for neurons (glia = glue), they turn out to serve several important functions.
There are three types: ...
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glial cells Supportive cells that are closely associated with neurons.
global environmental citizenship A shift in our attention from pollution in a specific place to a concern about the life-support systems of the whole planet.
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glial cells- supporting cells of the nervous system, including oligodendrocytes and astrocytes in the vertebrate central nervous system and Schwann cells in the peripheralnervous system ...
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So for example glial cells, which are one of the lineage choices for a stem cell, in and of itself can tell a stem cell to become a neuron. So when the stem cell's dividing in proximity to certain types of glial cells, they then become neurons.
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AKA: neuroglia, glial cells
The major support cells of the brain. These cells are involved in the nutrition and maintenance of the nerve cells (e.g., provide myelin for axons, maintaining ionic balance, clean up after cell damage or death, etc.).
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This paper describes the pharmacological approach to understand the molecular components of inflammation and oxidative stress on the activation of microglial cells and neuronal cell viability.
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White matter, the mass of glial cells that support the cerebral grey matter, was assumed to primarily provide nourishment, physical support and connective pathways for the more functional cells on the cerebral surface.
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In vertebrates, the axons of many neurons are sheathed in myelin, which is formed by either of two types of glial cells: Schwann cells ensheathing peripheral neurons and oligodendrocytes insulating those of the central nervous system.
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The small gaps in the myelin sheath between successive glial cells along the axon of a neuron; also, the site of high concentration of voltage-gated ion channels.
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